Responsible fish trade and food security

Kurien, J.

Responsible fish trade and food security

Year of publication 2005

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 102

Author Kurien, J.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (series)

ISBN 9251053766

Series title FAO Fisheries Technical Paper

Series number 0429-9345|20-70-7010 - T456

Full item page

Synopsis (short abstract) This report focuses primarily on the direct and indirect influences of fish trade and food security. It reviews in detail the positive and negative impacts of international fish trade on food security in low-income food-deficit countries (LIFDCs). The main findings are that this trade has had a positive effect on food security, both through higher availability of fish for human consumption in developing countries and through higher income generated through trade. The report cautions, how ever, that sustainable resource management practices are a necessary condition for sustainable international trade. It also highlights the need for free and transparent trade and market policies to ensure that benefits from international trade are enjoyed by all segments of society.

Cite this content as:

Kurien, J. Responsible fish trade and food security. FAO Fisheries Technical Paper. No. 456. Rome, FAO. 2005. 102p.

Language English

Related items

Showing items related by metadata.

Meeting
Interregional fish trade, experiences with provisions of the Technical Barriers to Trade Agreement (TBT) and informal trade barriers
<i>Meeting document COFI:FT/VIII/2002/6</i>
2002

Also available in:

Arabic
French
Spanish
Meeting
Draft FAO Technical Guidelines for Responsible Fisheries: Responsible International Trade - Laws and Regulations relating to Fish Trade
<i>Meeting document COFI:FT/VII/2000/Supplement Revision</i>
2000

Also available in:

Spanish
Book (stand-alone)
AGRICULTURE, TRADE AND FOOD SECURITY: ISSUES AND OPTIONS IN THE WTO NEGOTIATIONS FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES.
Report and papers of an FAO Symposiumheld at Geneva on 23 - 24 September 1999. Vol. 1 Issues and options.
2000

Also available in:

Arabic
French
Spanish

As part of its mandate to provide assistance to member countries for the follow-up to the Uruguay Round and future negotiations on agriculture, FAO has pursued a wide range of activities with a view to enhancing the capacity of member countries, particularly developing countries, to analyse the implications of the Uruguay Round Agreements for the agricultural sector, to adjust to the new trading environment and thus take advantage of trading opportunities, and to participate effectively in futur e multilateral trade negotiations. The 1996 World Food Summit Plan of Action commits FAO to continue assisting developing countries on trade issues and in particular

Users also downloaded

Showing related downloaded files

No results found.

Responsible fish trade and food security

Also available in:

Related items

<i>Meeting document COFI:FT/VIII/2002/6</i>

Also available in:

<i>Meeting document COFI:FT/VII/2000/Supplement Revision</i>

Also available in:

Report and papers of an FAO Symposiumheld at Geneva on 23 - 24 September 1999. Vol. 1 Issues and options.

Also available in:

Users also downloaded